Queen of the South

Previously on Queen of the South...

If I'm dead, you take this notebook

and you trade it for your life, all right?

What's in it can destroy Epifanio.

Get out of the house, now.

-We have to go. -Ah.

Where do I know you from?

I was Guero's girlfriend. He's dead.

You have proven you can be relied upon

to do what I need.

Come on!

I shot him.

That's not who I am.

That's not who I want to become.

What is this? This doesn't make any sense.

We need to figure out what it means.

It's coordinates.

I'm gonna have to go back to Mexico.

-Brenda! -Ah!

They killed her.

The only thing my husband cannot afford

is to fight a war.

So while he's distracted, I'm gonna take over.

He'd rather destroy it all

before losing it to you.

Guero, who is this?

It's Teresa Mendoza.

We need to negotiate terms.

I don't work for you.

There's an old saying about success.

That it's lonely at the top.

I'm here to tell you that's bullshit.

I run an international drug empire

and I have everyone and everything that I need.

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Buenas tarde.

On the way up, even your worst enemies

can become your best friends.

And your best friends, collateral damage.

And the five-star hotels I stay in now,

they're a hell of a lot better

than the filthy bed I slept on as a drug mule.

And couture feels better than flannel.

But if there's one thing I've learned in this business,

it's that no se puede tener todo...

You can't have it all.

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And if you want to succeed in this business,

someday you will have to choose between survival

and your heart.

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I didn't make these rules.

I was taught them.

You think it would get easier.

And the scary part, it does.

Earlier today, Epifanio Vargas,

the newly elected governor of Sinaloa,

held a press conference to discuss yesterday's raids

by the Mexican military on suspected cartel members.

The seeds of corruption and violence

brought on by the Vargas cartel--who for too long,

had ruled over this great state through fear--

needs to stop.

Now they will know what it is to be afraid.

Epifanio sicced the Federales on my lieutenants

like a pack of wild dogs.

He'll take me if he can.

I know a place in Juarez we can lay low.

It's too risky to stay too long here

on this side of the border.

We're going back to Dallas.

We'll need papers for Teresa and Pote.

Epifanio controls all the mule routes.

He doesn't control me.

Mayo...

That truck is following us.

It's been behind us since El Limpiador's place.

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Lose them.

Now.

If they get too close, take 'em out.

Just pull the trigger.

They're gaining on us.

Let's go, Teresa.

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Let's go.

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Radar'll pick 'em up as they cross the border.

Not below 2,000 feet.

He stays low enough, we lose him for good.

I hate Mexico.

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What is this place?

Someplace Epifanio doesn't know about.

Camila got it on the cheap from a dealer

who went to prison.

So this is where we're hiding out?

You didn't think Camila Vargas

would lay low in a dump, did you?

Get settled.

We could be here a while.

It's 500k, cash.

Weapons. We've kept as much manpower as we can afford.

It's enough till we're back on our feet.

It wasn't him.

El Limpiador worked for Epifanio.

He must've been watching the place and had us followed.

Epifanio's men wouldn't have let us get away.

There's only one organization I can think of

that would like to take us alive.

We've done everything we can to stay off the Feds' radar.

They've got nothing-- not on you, not on me,

not on any part of this operation.

Well, you better hope you're right.

We kept you safe from Epifanio.

If it wasn't for us, you'd end up like your boy Chino.

Look, man, I've been giving you people--

Guppies, Guero.

My boss is done with all that.

No, no, we had a deal. No time if I talk.

And that was all fine and good until your girlfriend showed up

in the belly of the beast.

That's a game changer.

Gimme me something real, Guero.

You mean this shithole motel ain't real enough for you?

Yeah. You try staying in this dump.

How you doing?

This is it, Mr. Davila.

This is your moment.

You give me actionable intelligence

on the Vargas cartel,

or I put you on the mainline in a snitch jacket.

You know how that'll play.

Bad cop again?

Yeah, you really gotta start watching more cop shows, man.

Camila's on the run.

And she's on the run with your girl.

We believe they're in the States.

Where's she hiding?

I don't know. I'm just a pilot.

Last chance.

Where's Camila's safe house?

I flew Camila out here once on business.

I might know a place.

How many have we lost?

All of 'em.

Every last dealer is bailing on us.

We've got no source. We've got no distro.

We've got someone on our ass

and we don't even know who it is.

I'd like to talk to Camila.

Alone, please.

You're lucky to have such a loyal man.

He's lucky to have me.

Well, whatever he's done for you,

I can do, too.

Every child in Siete Gotas is born with a gun in his hand

instead of a rattle.

I have all the muscle I need.

I'm not offering protection.

I'm good with numbers.

I was a money changer when I was 15.

By 16, I ran my own block--

And then you got swept off your feet by Guero

and became his morra.

And you spent years worrying about your pedicure

and about how good your ass looked in those tight jeans.

Am I wrong?

Nothing wrong with beauty when there's brains beneath it.

What do you want from me?

I want to be part of the business.

I can be useful.

You'll end up in prison.

Or dead, like every other narco in Culiacán.

I know the risks.

I just lost my best friend.

She's dead because of Epifanio.

You've made it.

You're still here.

It took more than 20 years of blood and sweat

to build what I have.

What does a girl like you have to offer me?

The book your husband's been after.

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You know, these names...

It could be useful. Look at this.

It's a code for a smuggler's name.

George Megalos.

Yeah. King George.

I've heard his name.

So you know he works on the Texas coast,

making smuggling runs to and from South America.

Guero kept track of all the kilos he was flying for him.

Look at this.

You need a new route to bring in product.

Maybe he can help you.

One name? That's all you're offering.

And my loyalty.

Whatever you need.